Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that one day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led the prayer on the pulpit, while the people were behind him. When he rose from bowing (ruku’), he stepped backward and prostrated on the ground, then climbed the pulpit again, and for prostration descended again. After finishing, he said: O people! I have led you in this prayer so that you may follow me in the same manner as you have seen me.